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Chapter 18

           Anxiousconcerninghismaster’sfate,andindespairathissuddendisappearance,thetranslatedswineherdwassearchingforhimeverywhere,andhadneglected,indoingso,theconcealmentonwhichhisownsafetydepended.OswalddeemedithisdutytosecureGurth,asafugitiveofwhosefatehismasterwastojudge.

           RenewinghisenquiriesconcerningthefateofIvanhoe,theonlyinformationwhichthecupbearercouldcollectfromthebystanderswas,thattheknighthadbeenraisedwithcarebycertainwell-attiredgrooms,andplacedinalitterbelongingtoaladyamongthespectators,whichhadimmediatelytransportedhimoutofthepress.Oswald,onreceivingthisintelligence,resolvedtoreturntohismasterforfartherinstructions,carryingalongwithhimGurth,whomheconsideredinsomesortasadeserterfromtheserviceofCedric.

           TheSaxonhadbeenunderveryintenseandagonizingapprehensionsconcerninghisson;forNaturehadassertedherrights,inspiteofthepatrioticstoicismwhichlabouredtodisownher.ButnosoonerwasheinformedthatIvanhoewasincareful,andprobablyinfriendlyhands,thanthepaternalanxietywhichhadbeenexcitedbythedubietyofhisfate,gavewayanewtothefeelingofinjuredprideandresentment,atwhathetermedWilfred’sfilialdisobedience.

           "Lethimwanderhisway,"saidhe"letthoseleechhiswoundsforwhosesakeheencounteredthem.

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